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GEORGE WIGGINS, OF ORTONVILLE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, CHARLES HERRINGTON, AND HIRAM MAXFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 77,693, dated May '5, 1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN sneer-ename TABLES.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 7

Be it known that I, Gnonen WIeeI'Ns, of Ortonville, in the countyof Oakland, and State of Michigan,

have invent'ed'a new and useful Improvement in Sheep-Shearing Tables and I dohereby declare that the fol-' lowing is a true description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters marked thereon, and being a part 'of this specification. I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my table and its attachments. Figure Zisa vertical sectional view of the same on the line X X in fig. 1. The same letters indicate like parts in each figure. I The nature of this invention is to so construct a table upon'which to secure sheep whilehei'n g sheared as to greatly facilitate the operation, enable the operator to readily turn the sheep, when desired, and to prevent the fleece from being soiled.

In order to accomplish this object, construct a proper frame, A, to sustain thc double-inclined top B, i which is provided with straps 1, 2, 3, and 4, for the purpose of-fastening the sheep to the table, the strap 1 being designed to pass over the sheep, back of the fore'legs, while one of the straps, 2, 3, or 51-, passes over the neck of the sheep, and is secured to the table by any proper fastening.

. The opposite end ofthe table is provided with the adjustable sliding bar 0, operating in its motion parallel with the table, which is furnished with two slots-D, in'which operate the slides E, upon which the bar C is supported. This bar (He provided with grooves I in which operate the sliding fastening-blocks G, which are provided with proper straps H, for securing thehind legs of the sheep to be sheared. v I p The. bar 0 is provided, upon its under side with a strap, I, which extends to the shaft J, at or'near its centre, for the purpose of regulating the position. of. the bar C, as longer or shorter sheep are being operated upon; The shaft J is provided with a suitable crank, K, and ratchet L, which, with the pawl M, enable the operator to'secur e the bar Q in any desired position.

The sheep being fastened to the table, ashereinbeforedescribed, the's-liding fastening-block G. being lower than 'the similar blockiG", will admit, as their position is reversed, .of one legf'bf the sheep passing. under, and allow the sheep to be rolled over, as occasion :may require. 3

'What I claim as my invention, and desire t'o secure by LettersPatent,is

The sliding bar O,'.-in conjunction with the slots D, grooves F, the sliding fastening-blocks G and G, the strap I, shaft J, crank K, ratchet L, and pawl M, when arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified. I

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